First off, this is not the stellar blog I spoke of a few days ago. That's still coming before we head back home.

Christi and I decided to switch up our realtor and focus on someone who had extensive knowledge in the West Hartford area. After a few short hours of seeing some new places, we absolutely loved two of the houses we saw. We told her about the house that we used to have back home, and she said that could have easily sold for $600,000 - $700,000 out here. It's amazing what a few thousand miles can do the real estate market. The good news though is that the house search seems to be in full swing again and hopefully we can get motivated and find a place to move into this summer.

Before searching this time around, I went to a lender to make sure my credit rating was still hovering above 400 and to see how much we could get approved for. After I received our amount, I knew instantly why our country is in an economic down spiral right now. They told us we were approved for a $500,000 loan. If we bought a house for that much, we would be looking for the next available box to live in before Christmas.

On a brighter economic note, Fenway is in no trouble of going under any time soon. We just bought four tickets (so we could meet up with some friends in Mass) and catch a Braves game in June. Just like when we saw the Red Sox the first time we went to the original Yankee stadium, this will be the ultimate way to break in my final field on my Holy Grail list (the other two being the original Yankee stadium and Wrigley). Smoltz is on pace to be back on the mound sometime in mid June, and we could only be so lucky to watch that game.